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THEO 1726

Exploring the Mystery of God: A Theological Perspective · 1 instructor on record · 3 sections

What the course score is made of

90BC evaluations3 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2023 – Fall 2025

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

That is the class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it. Who taught it, and how each of them scored, is the board below — that is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between.

What the challenge rank is made of

40thMore challenging than 40% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

89BC — “Intellectually Challenging”3 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question for this class only — students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it measures intellectual challenge and NOT grading, workload or quality. Almost every BC class scores high on it, which is why it is shown as a rank rather than a score.

What the workload rank is made of

25thMore work than 25% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

40BC — “Workload”3 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College reports workload for this class only as one of five bands, not as a number of hours, and it does not publish what the bands mean — so this site will not translate it into hours. Higher means more work, which is not the same as worse.

This is an Enduring Question course and is open to FRESHMEN only. You must take both PHIL1726 and THEO1726. What is the relationship between human beings and God? These paired courses explore conceptions of the divine that have been a fundamental part of Western civilization as well as the relationships that human beings have with the divine. The Philosophy course will examine how the Greeks viewed their gods in their literature and philosophy. The Theology course will explore various perspectives on God in ancient, medieval, and contemporary theological writings. There will be many intersections and divergences on the divine between the two courses.

The only instructor on record

3 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Louis PetilloTheology	963 records	25th	40th	9830 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Louis Petillo is the only instructor with evaluation records for THEO 1726, so the number is a record, not a position. The RateMyProfessors figure is their overall score across everything they teach, not their score in this class.

Also taught by Louis Petillo

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
THEO 1402God, Self, and Society	55175 records	82
PHIL 1091Perspectives on Western Culture II/Perspectives II	39144 records	87
THEO 1091Perspectives on Western Culture II/Perspectives II	41125 records	86
THEO 1090Perspectives on Western Culture I/Perspectives I	33107 records	85
PHIL 1090Perspectives on Western Culture I/Perspectives I	3067 records	84
THEO 1430Buddhism and Christianity in Dialogue	1043 records	85

Other THEO classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
THEO 1402God, Self, and Society	55175 records	82
THEO 1091Perspectives on Western Culture II/Perspectives II	41125 records	86
THEO 1088Person and Social Responsibility I	19120 records	87
THEO 1401Engaging Catholicism	43114 records	78
THEO 1090Perspectives on Western Culture I/Perspectives I	33107 records	85
THEO 1089Person and Social Responsibility II	2598 records	90

The line

All 13 items · means across 3 records

The Professor4 items

Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.

9987th pctl

Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.

9134th pctl

Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.

9987th pctl

Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.

9876th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9679th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9680th pctl

Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.

9569th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9148th pctl

Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.

9149th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8935th pctl

Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings

WorkloadHow much work the course took outside class, on Boston College's five-band scale — the band boundaries are not published, so this is not a number of hours.

4025th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8940th pctl

Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.

9571st pctl

Bar length is the rank against every comparable record we hold, not the raw score: BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so a raw-scale bar would be nearly full on every row and would tell you nothing. Every bar is one ink colour — nothing here is graded green or red. The hatched bars are not ratings at all: a higher number on either describes a different course, not a better one.

Game log

3 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Louis Petillo	Fall 2025	01	99	94	40
Louis Petillo	Fall 2023	01	95	89	—
Louis Petillo	Fall 2023	02	94	89	—

How to read this boardInstructors are ranked on their record in this class only, never on their average across everything they teach. Scores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Workload is BC's own five-band figure, not a number of hours, and is shown as a rank. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero.